Fat Thursday

Fat Thursday is a fun Polish tradition, which involves eating large quantities of doughnuts (paczki) and other cakes, such as the equally delicious faworki. On this day you’ll see queues of customers outside of any half-decent bakery / cake shop in Poland and many a Pole with a bulging doughnut-filled belly!

Fat Thursday / Tlusty Czwartek is the Polish equivalent of Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) in English-speaking countries and celebrated on the last day before Lent each year. Lent being the time when good Catholics should not eat any sweets or treats. Tłusty Czwartek usually falls at the end of February.